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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 08/07/2026
BioFAIR has committed £4M to build the Methods Commons – a national hub for FAIR computational workflows. Built on foundations ELIXIR-UK members have championed for years. Led by Carole Goble, ELIXIR-UK Joint Head of Node elixiruknode.org/news/2026/bi...
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BioFAIR's new £4M Methods Commons builds on foundations ELIXIR-UK helped lay | ELIXIR-UK
BioFAIR has committed £4 million to a national Methods Commons for FAIR workflows, led by Carole Goble and partly built on ELIXIR-UK foundations.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 28/04/2026
New paper: ELIXIR-UK member Valerie Wood co-authors on human-in-the-loop AI for biocuration How AI can support curators without replacing expert review 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2026/sc... #AI #Bioinformatics @elixir-europe.org
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Scaling biocuration with AI while keeping expert judgement at the centre
ELIXIR-UK member Valerie Wood co-authors a new Bioinformatics Advances paper on human-in-the-loop AI for literature curation, exploring responsible ways to support biological knowledgebases.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 21/04/2026
The University of Southampton has joined ELIXIR-UK 🎉 From open-access glycan databases to data stewardship, Southampton brings a wealth of expertise to the network. Read more: elixiruknode.org/news/2026/un... @elisafadda.bsky.social @glycoshape.org #openscience #bioinformatics #datastewardship
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University of Southampton joins ELIXIR-UK as it newest member
The University of Southampton has joined ELIXIR-UK, bringing expertise in computational biology, bioinformatics, clinical data, and data stewardship.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 17/04/2026
You've spent years building technical expertise. You're good at what you do. But maybe you've noticed: the leadership table doesn't always look like you. And no one's handed you a map. PeerLadder is peer-mentoring for dRTPs from underrepresented backgrounds elixiruknode.org/opportunity/...
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PeerLadder 2026 applications are now open for peer-mentoring
PeerLadder is a peer-mentoring programme for digital Research Technical Professionals (dRTPs). Applications close 27 April 2026.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 15/04/2026
Calling UK dRTPs underrepresented in leadership: PeerLadder applications are open. Join tomorrow’s Q&A webinar, Discover PeerLadder, on 16 April at 11:00 am to hear about the programme, who it’s for, and how to apply. elixiruknode.org/event/discov...
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PeerLadder Webinar & Q&A – 16 April 2026 | ELIXIR-UK
Free virtual webinar on 16 April. Learn about PeerLadder, a peer-mentoring programme for underrepresented dRTPs. Applications close 27 April 2026.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 08/04/2026
The University of York has joined ELIXIR-UK 🎉 With three Data Stewardship Training Fellows already in the network and strong regional training links, York is a very welcome addition to our research infrastructure. Read more: elixiruknode.org/news/2026/un...
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University of York joins ELIXIR-UK life sciences research infrastructure
University of York has joined ELIXIR-UK, building on existing ties through Data Stewardship Fellows, ELIXIR-badged training, and a strong open research culture.
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Earlham Institute @earlhaminst.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Applications close 09 April for an Events and Communications Assistant to join the @elixiruknode.org team based at Earlham Institute, helping support our community engagement activities, coordinate events, and develop clear and engaging communications. #scicomm
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valwood.bsky.social @valwood.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Empowering biological knowledgebases: advances in human-in-the-loop AI-driven literature curation url: academic.oup.com/bioinformati... @elixiruknode.org @biocurator.bsky.social
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Empowering biological knowledgebases: advances in human-in-the-loop AI-driven literature curation
Abstract. Biological knowledgebases facilitate discovery across the life sciences by structuring experimental findings into human-readable and computable f
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 24/02/2026
HDR UK is joining forces with ELIXIR-UK to help turn up the signal for the UK Human Data Community, becoming the UK Human Data and Tech Club With Wendi Bacon joining the leadership team! 🔗 Learn more and join the community: elixiruknode.org/news/2026/uk...
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 11/02/2026
💙 Nice way to mark #11F International Day of Women and Girls in Science New DisCouRSE funding for PeerLadder led by ELIXIR-UK members – a peer-mentoring pilot focused on inclusive leadership for digital RTPs. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2026/di... #WomenInScience
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ELIXIR-UK awarded DisCouRSE funding for PeerLadder pilot
ELIXIR-UK members secure DisCouRSE Flexible Fund support for PeerLadder, peer-mentoring for inclusive leadership for digital research professionals (dRTPs)
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 11/02/2026
Highlighting a key report on a day like today for the #11F 💙 ELIXIR-UK leads the impact evaluation for the ELIXIR's female leadership programme’s second edition. 📘 elixiruknode.org/news/2026/me... #WomenInScience #Leadership
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ELIXIR-UK leads impact evaluation on gender balance in leadership
ELIXIR-UK leads the impact evaluation for ELEAD, examining early progress on gender balance in ELIXIR leadership across the European infrastructure.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 09/02/2026
ELIXIR-UK contributed to a national discussion on training for digital Research Technical Professionals, sharing experience from life science data stewardship and European-scale training infrastructure. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2026/na... #bioinformatics #dRTPs #Training #ELIXIR
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ELIXIR-UK contributes to national discussions on training for digital research professionals
ELIXIR-UK took part in a national meeting on coordinated training for digital Research Technical Professionals, sharing expertise from its training initiatives
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 03/02/2026
Who is qualified to access sensitive data? HDR UK’s Safe People Registry is welcoming trial projects from UK-based organisations 🔗 Learn more and express interest: elixiruknode.org/articles/202... #TREs #SDEs #SafeHavens #healthdata #humandata
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Checking the paperwork: the Safe People Registry soft launch
Highlight the soft launch of the Safe People Registry, developed by HDR UK to support consistent ‘safe people’ assessment for access to sensitive data.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 05/01/2026
UKRI has published how it will invest its £38.6bn four-year allocation from government Funding will be delivered across three R&D priority ‘buckets’ under a new single UKRI mission Life sciences has been placed as a significant Industrial Strategy growth sector 🔗 www.ukri.org/news/ukri-se...
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 09/12/2025
The University of Warwick is now a formal member of ELIXIR-UK 🎉 Already welcomed at our 2025 All Hands, with Richard Stark's presentation; Prof. Sascha Ott on the Steering Committee and prior community involvement via Laura Cooper as an ELIXIR-UK Fellow. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/un...
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University of Warwick joins ELIXIR-UK as its 29th member
Warwick joins ELIXIR-UK, bringing bioinformatics, training and digital health expertise to strengthen national research support
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 08/12/2025
What does the ELIXIR-UK community think about AI in research? We’ve published the write-up from our All Hands AI panel + World Café: skills, bias, data access, productivity and some real concerns about critical thinking and scraping This will shape our AI strategy elixiruknode.org/articles/202...
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Community insights on AI from the ELIXIR-UK All Hands 2025
Summary of AI discussions at ELIXIR-UK All Hands 2025 on community perspectives about skills, bias, data access and infrastructure to inform future strategy.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 04/12/2025
🎄 The ELIXIR-UK Advent Calendar is back! Every day in December, we’re sharing a highlight: • FAIRytales from our community • Stories for International Women’s Day • A major PHI-base update (hello PHI-base 5!) • And a fan favourite: Saskia Lawson-Tovey’s REDCap RDMbite follow along! 🎁
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 02/12/2025
BioHackathon Europe brought together a diverse community earlier this month to co-develop standards, tools and workflows for data-driven life science research ELIXIR-UK contributed to projects spanning benchmarking, FAIR data, interoperability, workflows and more 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/bi...
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ELIXIR-UK contributions to BioHackathon Europe 2025 | ELIXIR-UK
ELIXIR-UK teams contributed to key projects at BioHackathon Europe 2025, advancing FAIR data, interoperability, benchmarking and sustainable workflow practices.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 26/11/2025
Carole Goble, ELIXIR-UK Head of Node, was invited to two meetings in the German research infrastructure landscape this autumn: the FONDA Fall Retreat and NFDI’s executive table on connected & resilient AI enablers. elixiruknode.org/news/2025/ca... @esciencelab.org.uk
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Carole Goble contributes to workflow and AI infrastructure discussions in Germany
ELIXIR-UK’s Head of Node joined two key meetings in Germany, sharing insights on data workflows, resilient infrastructures and AI-enabling systems.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 12/11/2025
70+ people. 31 organisations. 28 Posters. 2 days. Countless conversations. The ELIXIR-UK All Hands 2025 brought together #researchers, #dRTPs and infrastructure leads from across the UK to explore the future of #open, #FAIR and #AI-ready data. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/el...
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ELIXIR-UK All Hands 2025: AI, data and community at the University of Exeter
ELIXIR-UK’s 2025 All Hands meeting in Exeter brought together 70+ participants to discuss AI, FAIR data and the future of UK research infrastructure.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 14/10/2025
The CaSDaR Network launch brought together the UK research community to strengthen career pathways for Data Stewards. A milestone for recognition, training, and collaboration across UK research elixiruknode.org/news/2025/st... #DataStewards #CaSDaRNetwork #UKResearchCommunity
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 14/10/2025
Ever worried about learning outcomes? Time to stop – and maybe even love them 😄 SOLO + Bloom to make LOs clear and doable even for technical workshops 27 Oct – 14:00 GMT To get the link, join the Training Club (open for all) elixiruknode.org/event/dr-str...
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Dr Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the Learning Outcome
Join Matthew Gemmell (University of Liverpool) to explore how SOLO and Bloom’s taxonomies make learning outcomes meaningful in higher education
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Galaxy Project @galaxyproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Nicola Soranzo presented 'Making Galaxy workflows sustainable and FAIR' on Day 2 of European Galaxy Days. Read more: www.earlham.ac.uk/research-project/… #EGD2025 #galaxy_workflows #sustainable #galaxyproject #workflows #eosc #fair #open_science
Making Galaxy workflows sustainable and FAIR
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 02/10/2025
🎃 Halloween special: the horrors of data stewardship (or not doing it!). 📅 7 Oct, 11:00–12:00 (BST) Chaotic datasets, ghostly collaborators, unclear policies – lessons from those who’ve faced it all. UKCEH, Ghost Collective & University of Liverpool. Register: elixiruknode.org/event/eleven...
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Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) @bosc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Check out our #BOSC2025 report on @f1000publishing.bsky.social (It includes lots of pictures!) 🍐 f1000research.com/articles/14-...
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F1000Research Article: BOSC 2025, the 26th Bioinformatics Open Source Conference.
Read the latest article version by Nomi L. Harris, Karsten Hokamp, Jessica Maia, Hervé Ménager, Monia C Munoz-Torres, Tazro Ohta, Deepak Unni, Jason Williams, at F1000Research.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 24/09/2025
This month, ELIXIR-UK joined the OECD workshop “Access to Research Software: Opportunities and Challenges” with international stakeholders from academia, industry, research infrastructures, funding agencies, and government. 👉 Read more: elixiruknode.org/news/2025/oe...
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 19/08/2025
At #ISMBECCB2025, we teamed up with HDR UK, AIBIO-UK, and BioFAIR for a UK Trail. We showcased 24 of the services we endorse “It was great to see real curiosity about the KnetMiner. It helped bring a lot of our efforts into the light" — @Arne De Klerk, KnetMiner & Rothamsted Research
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 18/08/2025
🎤 One of the highlights of #ISMBECCB2025 ? Co-hosting the Bioinformatics in the UK track, chaired by Carole Goble and Janet Thornton, and sponsored by HDR UK, AstraZeneca UK, BioFAIR, UCB, AIBIO-UK, Astex Pharmaceuticals, and ELIXIR-UK. elixiruknode.org/news/2025/is...
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 14/08/2025
ELIXIR-UK members — last call to apply for the 2025 Flexible Bursary (up to £5K) to support: • Community events & conferences • Training & skills development • Collaborative visits • Local/regional engagement 🖇️ elixiruknode.org/opportunity/...
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 14/08/2025
ELIXIR-UK was everywhere at #ISMBECCB2025 🇬🇧 alognside @elixir-europe.org 🧬 25+ talks/posters 🤝 UK booth trail with @biofair.bsky.social HDR UK and @aibio-uk.bsky.social 🎤 Co-hosted UK track 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/is... #ISMBECCB2025 #FAIRdata #OpenScience #LifeScience
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ELIXIR-UK at ISMB/ECCB 2025: Impact, talks and UK trail
ELIXIR-UK showcased 25+ services and talks at ISMB/ECCB 2025 in Liverpool, co-hosting the UK track and leading a successful cross-node booth trail.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 06/08/2025
ELIXIR-UK joined @elixir-europe.org, Pistoia Alliance and @ebi.embl.org for a strategy event on cross-sector collaboration. Carole Goble (our Head of Node) chaired the final panel on sustainability & led a session on interoperability 🔗Read more: elixiruknode.org/news/2025/pi...
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ELIXIR-UK at the ELIXIR–EMBL-EBI–Pistoia Alliance strategy event
ELIXIR-UK joined a joint ELIXIR, EMBL-EBI, and Pistoia Alliance strategy meeting to support sustainable, cross-sector collaboration in life sciences.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 24/07/2025
Here she is! Maria Doyle, @bioconductor.bsky.social, the proud winner of our UK Trail Bingo game at the #ISMBECCB2025 We hope you had as much fun as we did welcoming delegates to our booths for a chat about our work with a touch of gamification.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 24/07/2025
We're sad to say goodbye to the #ismbeccb2025 crowd, but we'll be leaving today with a bag full of ideas and inspiration Oh, and you can't miss the ISMB highlights video featuring our Head of Node and co-chair of the event, Carole Goble! 📹 youtu.be/9dTEhpwYp6A?...
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Welcome to ISMB - From the Co-chairs
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 22/07/2025
We’re at the ISMB/ECCB in Liverpool. If you’re here, come to our booth and take the FAIR oath with us “I solemnly swear to make my data #FAIR. To document clearly, standardise wisely and leave no metadata behind”
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 16/07/2025
Going to BioHackathon Europe? You might be eligible for up to £5K from ELIXIR-UK’s new bursary scheme – open now. 💸 Covers registration and travel 🗓️ Apply by 15 Aug, 5PM BST 🔗 elixiruknode.org/opportunity/... #BioHackathon #ELIXIRUK #OpenScience #FAIRdata #Funding
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2025 ELIXIR-UK flexible bursary | ELIXIR-UK
The Flexible Bursaries Scheme provides financial support to ELIXIR-UK members for community events and activities. These bursaries aim to facilitate partici ...
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 15/07/2025
What’s it like being a research data steward at a busy university? Nick Owne (UCL) walks us through a typical day: the tools, the teams, the questions, and what makes the job worth doing. 👇 🔗 elixiruknode.org/blog/2025/a-... #ELIXIRUK #FAIRdata #OpenScience #DataStewardship
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 10/07/2025
Mo Aboshokor (Cardiff) shares how they deployed and customised it – and even tested it with LLMs to pre-fill DMPs 🔗 elixiruknode.org/blog/2025/fa... #FARIytales #FAIRdata #ELIXIRUK #DMP #LLM
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From Zero to DMP: implementing a localised instance of DSW
How an RSE deployed and configured a local DSW instance at Cardiff University
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 09/07/2025
What does it take to make a DMP tool useful for your institute? Richard Ostler (Rothamsted Research) shares how he customised the Data Stewardship Wizard to reflect real policies, workflows and researcher needs. 🔗 elixiruknode.org/blog/2025/cu... #FAIRdata #OpenScience #DMP #DataStewardship
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 08/07/2025
📢 ELIXIR-UK’s new Flexible Bursary scheme is open! 🧪 Up to £5K for: • Travel to ELIXIR events • Running local training or meetups • Technical visits & collaboration 🗓️ Deadline: 15 Aug, 5PM BST 🔗 elixiruknode.org/opportunity/... #ELIXIRUK #OpenScience #FAIRdata #LifeScience #Funding
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2025 ELIXIR-UK flexible bursary | ELIXIR-UK
The Flexible Bursaries Scheme provides financial support to ELIXIR-UK members for community events and activities. These bursaries aim to facilitate partici ...
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 07/07/2025
At BEeS 2025, ELIXIR-UK’s Carole Goble gave a keynote on FAIR workflows for biodiversity 🌱 She shared how tools like WorkflowHub help scientists reuse and scale complex analyses across ecosystems. Full story: 🔗 elixiruknode.org/news/2025/fa... #FAIRworkflows #Biodiversity #OpenScience #WorkflowHub
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 18/06/2025
Proud to help drive cross‑Node collaboration at ELIXIR All Hands 2025 in Greece 25+ members joined the annual meeting to talk about #FAIR, #knowledgesharing, #nutrition #womenleadership, #digitaltwins & #softwarequality + a closing keynote 🔗 Read more: elixiruknode.org/news/2025/20...
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 17/06/2025
Big news: ELIXIR-UK has been awarded ~£2M from BBSRC funding to boost engagement, training and support across the UK’s #lifescience #data community. A huge step towards national coordination and inclusion elixiruknode.org/news/2025/el... @elixir-europe.org @ukri.org
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ELIXIR-UK awarded BBSRC funding to deepen member engagement
ELIXIR-UK has been awarded a five-year grant from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation (UK ...
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 20/05/2025
Check this out! Our ELIXIR-UK Head of Node, Carole Goble and BioFAIR UK Director, Tony Burdett waving the flag of best data practices for AI in biosciences at the AIBIO-UK annual meeting this week👇 @aibio-uk.bsky.social @elixir-europe.org @biofair.bsky.social
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 08/05/2025
How do we make #toxicology data and training more FAIR? ELIXIR-UK attended a Basel workshop that addressed key challenges. Next up is Birmingham in July, focusing on #FAIR educational resources Full update & workshop details: elixiruknode.org/news/2025/advancing-fair-data-in-toxicology/
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Advancing FAIR Data in toxicology: ELIXIR-UK collaboration
ELIXIR-UK demonstrates its commitment to advancing FAIR data practices in toxicology by participating in and organising several workshops
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 16/04/2025
🎉 Maria Traka @quadraminstitute.bsky.social has been appointed co-Lead of the @elixir-europe.org Food & Nutrition Community! Her expertise in #FAIR data, #NutritionResearch & #microbiome will strengthen UK efforts & drive innovation across Europe Read more elixiruknode.org/news/2025/ma...
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Maria Traka brings UK leadership to ELIXIR Food & Nutrition Community
In March 2025, Dr Maria Traka was appointed as the new co-Lead of the ELIXIR Food & Nutrition Community, joining Dr Jildau Bouwmann (ELIXIR Netherlands) ...
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 13/03/2025
🇬🇧 Calling all UK bioinformaticians, researchers, data stewards, data managers... Showcase your work at ISMB/ECCB 2025's UK track! Focus on Biodiversity, Agritech, Health & AI. Submit talks & posters via the official site (select "Bioinformatics in the UK" track) elixiruknode.org/event/bioinf...
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Bioinformatics in the UK Track at ISMB / ECCB 2025
Join us for a special one-day UK track, showcasing the best of UK bioinformatics research, innovation, and talent – part of the 33rd ISMB and 24th ECCB
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 13/03/2025
🆙 PHI-base 5 This ELIXIR-UK Node service released a new version offering improved gene insights, data integration and expanded content Run by our members at @rothamsted.bsky.social . . . . Learn more: elixiruknode.org/news/2025/ph... #Bioinformatics #ResearchImpact
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PHI-base update: deeper insights into pathogen and host genes
ELIXIR UK is pleased to announce the release of PHI-base 5 in January 2025, a significant update to the Pathogen-Host Interaction database. As an ELIXIR-UK- ...
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eScience Lab @esciencelab.org.uk · 07/03/2025
Thank you for having us at this week's @psdi-uk.bsky.social and @digitalcuration.bsky.social PSDI forum, for data librarians and research support professionals working within the physical sciences across the UK and EU. Phil presented two lightning talks, on @elixiruknode.org and the mTeSS-X project.
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 08/03/2025
💜 Happy #IWD2025 Women in our community are leaders, mentors and innovators We celebrate the day with two stories 💡 Be OK with change - Allyson Lister 💡 Soft skills ARE leadership skills – Wendi Bacon Read the full blog post elixiruknode.org/blog/2025/ce...
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Celebrating International Women's Day | ELIXIR-UK
As we mark International Women's Day on March 8th, we are proud to highlight the crucial role women play in leadership within our ELIXIR-UK Node. With ...
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ELIXIR-UK @elixiruknode.org · 25/02/2025
#Leadership is a journey, not a leap 🚀 ELEAD offers #mentorship, peer support & training to help you rise! After a successful pilot, the programme is back—stronger & better! 💪 🎯 Apply by Feb 28 to join the next cohort of ELIXIR future female leaders . . . . . 🔗 elixir-europe.org/internal-pro...
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